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At the beginning of the morning, a servant sent by Yang Zhao to pick up Wang Yuan arrived, riding a horse and pulling a horse behind him, which was prepared for Wang Yuan. Everyone in the Wang family sent Wang Yuan out, and they all covered their mouths and laughed when they saw him struggling to climb onto the horse and shout.

Huang San was sincere, and told the servant: "My Erlang can't ride a horse, you have to take care of some on the road, don't let him fall." ”

The servant agreed, and the two slowly set off on the road, and as soon as they reached the small alley to the south, Wang Yuan immediately whipped his horse and galloped down the street.

The servant hurriedly rode up to follow, and shouted anxiously: "Wang Gongzi be careful, it is not a joke not to fall off the horse, the villain broke two ribs for the first time on horseback." ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Don't you think I don't know how to ride a horse?" ”

Seeing that Wang Yuan was skillful, his body seemed to be nailed to the back of a horse, and he didn't look like he couldn't ride a horse at all, he wondered: "Then why did the son pretend not to ride just now?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "You don't understand, Bojia people smile, even if they pretend to be embarrassed, what?" ”

The servant was dumbfounded for a long time, and finally picked out his big finger and praised: "Wang Gongzi is really a master, no wonder my mother-in-law only scolds me, it turns out to be my own reason." I should pretend to be stupid and make her think smarter than me, hey! It turns out that this is the way to get along. No wonder Wang Gongzi can handle so many female dependents, I can't even handle one, this is the gap. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "The son can be taught." ”

The two quickly left Jing'an Fang and galloped all the way to the east on the main street, without entering any square, and after half an hour, Wang Yuan saw the high palace and the wide square and many soldiers and horses patrolling back and forth in bright armor, so he asked suspiciously: "Is the meeting place in the temple in front?" ”

The servant smiled and said, "What does Childe think?" There is Xingqing Palace, where His Majesty and the concubine stay, how can ordinary people go in? Let's go out of town along this street. ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "What are you doing when you go out of the city?" ”

"Huh? Didn't my master tell Wang Gongzi? Today's spring outing party is in the villa of Mrs. Qiuguo on the edge of Baqiao in the east of the city, and the son won't even know about Baqiao. ”

Wang Yuan rolled his eyes and reprimanded: "Why don't you know about Baqiao? Lead the way, there's a lot of nonsense. ”

The servant stuck out his tongue and said in his heart: "I don't know the place, but I still have a hard mouth, what a nerd." ”

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The Bahe River originates from the Qinling Mountains and flows for more than 100 miles into Weishui. One of them is to go around Chang'an, forming a natural curse in the east of Chang'an City for more than ten miles.

Although the Bahe River is outside Chang'an City, the water and soil on both sides of the river are fertile, the grass and trees are abundant, and since ancient times, it has gradually formed a beautiful scenery of green trees and prosperity. There is an ancient bridge built by order of Qin Mugong in the Spring and Autumn Period on the surface of the Bahe River, named Baqiao.

If you talk about the best scenery on both sides of the East Ba Bridge in Chang'an City, there must be a place near the left side of the Ba Bridge. On both sides of the bridge, since ancient times, I don't know who has planted tens of thousands of weeping willows, every spring, the green willows on both sides of the river become smoke, and the sky reflects the water; In the sound of willow waves, birds chirp and warblers cry, and the green grass in the willow shade is like a tree, which is the place where Chang'an is prosperous.

The Baqiao is connected to the official road leading to Chang'an at one end, and the official road leading to Luoyang at the other end, and the geographical location can also be called the key place. Since the Han Dynasty, every time the people of Chang'an send people to the east, they must be sent to Baqiao Fanghui, and over time a kind of agreed custom has been formed. Some friends went east, and the senders were sent to Baqiao to set up a banquet to practice, and the far-away travelers drank the parting wine, got on the horse and folded the willows and wandered, and said goodbye.

There are clouds in Hanle Mansion: do not catch the whip on the horse, but fold the willow branches. It is to describe this situation. The parting stories that took place on both sides of the Baqiao Bridge afterwards are filled with countless beautiful poems.

It is precisely because this place is not only a place with excellent scenery, but also a key place to go out of Chang'an in the east, and it is also an elegant place full of humanistic classics. Therefore, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the increasing prosperity in Chang'an City, the two sides of the Baqiao Bridge have also become a place for the nobles and high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty to compete to build mansions and gardens. More than ten miles along the Bahe River, in the shade of green willows, the red walls and blue tiles of Huayu also abound, and the green corridor and long pavilions are densely packed, becoming the country villa of the rich and luxurious.

Of course, after all, the land on both sides of the Bahe River is limited, and there are only a few mansions that can really be built on the banks of the water. In the case of more monks and less porridge, whoever has the most power and whose power is the most has become the primary condition for whether or not they can occupy a place on the bank of the Bahe River. There is even a joke that if you want to know who is the most favored and powerful in the Tang Dynasty today, you only need to take a look at the riverside villa on the bank of the Baqiao. The land with excellent riverbank scenery of five or six miles on both sides of the Baqiao Bridge only belongs to more than ten powerful families.

Among these more than ten families, there is a mansion of Yang Yuyao, the wife of the country. Located on the flat bank of the river on the west bank of Baqiao, the wall is more than a foot high and encloses several miles, enclosing thousands of weeping willow trees as part of its own garden. This mansion was named 'East Garden' by Yang Yuyao.

In the early morning sun, Wang Yuan and the servant rode through the Chunming Gate on the east side of Xingqing Palace to go out of the city, and walked along the official road for more than half an hour. Wang Yuan realized that the destination ahead was today's destination.

More than 100 steps along the official road ahead, you can see the thick wooden lamp pole erected at the head of the Baqiao Bridge, on the side of the bridge, surrounded by the long corridor, there are several tables of banquets in the long corridor, the people on the table raise a glass to each other and drink, and the feelings of dependence are overflowing, obviously someone is leaving Chang'an East, so relatives and friends set up a table here to practice.

Wang Yuan was fascinated by himself, and the servant said in front of him: "Wang Gongzi is going here." ”

Wang Yuan looked in the direction of his finger, between an official road on the left hand and a fork to the north leading into the shade of green willows, although it was much narrower than the official road, but it was built more neatly than the official road, all paved with bluestone. Wang Yuan hurriedly set up the trail, only to see the green grass under the willow trees beside the road, and the golden sunlight in the gaps in the branches and leaves of the willow trees slanted in, and the scenery was beautiful, and he couldn't help but admire it.

After walking hundreds of steps, he suddenly heard a noise in front of him, and the servant who led the way turned over and dismounted, grabbed the rope bridle on Wang Yuan's horse's head, pulled the horse to a square bluestone on the side of the road, and bowed his hand to Wang Yuan.

"Prince Wang, please get off the horse, when you get to the place, there is the East Garden in front, and it is forbidden for carriages and horses to enter here."

Wang Yuan dismounted, and the servant led the horse toward another fork in the road on the west side. Wang Yuan tidied up his clothes, moved along the road in front of him, and after more than a dozen steps, a huge rockery suddenly appeared behind the hanging willow branches. The rockery lies across the front foot with a few zhang square, even magnificent, look at the front stone on the axe chisel carved with two big characters: East Garden. All the noise came from the other side of the rockery.

Bypassing the east side of the rockery, the voices of people suddenly came to the face, and the eyes suddenly opened up, and a square paved with blue bricks with a radius of dozens of steps appeared in front of him. A tall gatehouse towered in front of the square, and two tall red walls stretched from both sides of the gatehouse and disappeared into the depths of the willow forest.

In the open space in front of the gatehouse, dozens of red men and green women gathered together, laughing and laughing uncontrollably, making noise, and from time to time there were coquettish and scolding voices. These people are dressed in gorgeous and noble clothes, jewels, and extravagance.

Wang Yuan sighed and walked forward, those red men and green women talked to themselves, and no one raised their eyes to look at Wang Yuan. However, Wang Yuan was not surprised, he knew that the people invited to this Spring Festival meeting were all the children of big families and women in Chang'an City. Yang Yuyao invited a gathering of the second generation of officials and the second generation of the rich, but she was nothing.

"Brother Wang, you've finally arrived." Someone was talking loudly in front of him, Wang Yuanshun looked at his voice, and saw Yang Zhao, who was wearing a purple dress, walking out of the gate of the wall with a smile on his face and bowing to him.

Wang Yuan hurriedly bowed his hand and saluted: "Du Zhilang, are you late to come down?" ”

"It's not too late, a few ladies haven't arrived yet, no, everyone is waiting here, they should be there soon." Yang Zhao stepped forward and grabbed Wang Yuan's arm very intimately, and said with a smile.

Wang Yuan nodded, and Yang Zhao whispered in his ear: "Don't be nervous, these are all young ladies in Chang'an City, let's ignore them, let them wait here, I will order someone to lead you to wait in the garden." I'm here to greet the third and eighth sisters, you go and have some tea, and I'll come to you later. ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "I'm tired." ”

Yang Zhao smiled, beckoned a servant to give a few orders, and the servant stepped forward and bowed and said, "Prince Wang, please come with me." ”